Suprise Skink Eggs! Help?!
So this afternoon I was checking on my female western skink and was pleasently surpirsed to find a random clutch of eggs! These are my first reptile eggs ever so I have no equipment for them what so ever. I had no idea she was gravid, but I had seen her putting on a little weight. Has anyone ever breed these before or a similar species? I read that the females do take care of the eggs so I am kinda just leaving the eggs care up to her right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [IMG]https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...0/img_2096.jpg[/IMG]
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That's what I assumed as well. I accidently nocked one of them over when I first found the clutch, so I candled it and got it back into the right position.
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She seems to be doing a pretty good job with caring for the eggs right now. I peeked in her cage this morning and saw that she had lightly burried them, and was curled around them. I really hope they hatch. I am guess that the babies will be pretty small since the eggs are only about 1/2 inch long.
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I figure I would do a quick update on the skink eggs.
I check on them about every 5 days or so just to make sure none have gone bad or something like that, but I also don't want to disturb the eggs so I am keeping contact to a minimum. They all are doing great so far, and mama is doing a great job watching over her eggs. Usually, she is either curled around them or right beside them. Hopefully, in the next few weeks I'll have some little babies to show everyone.
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Super excited! I really hope they hatch.